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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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383 words · showing 61–120

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  • bartender/ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/nounB2A person who mixes and serves drinks at a bar.
  • base coatnounB2The clear layer painted on before colour.
  • bash/bæʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo hit something violently and repeatedly.
  • basic trainingnounB2The first hard weeks that turn a civilian into a soldier.
  • bass/beɪs/nounB2The lowest range of musical sound.
  • bass drum/ˈbeɪsˌdɹʌm/noun
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The big deep drum struck with a pedal.
  • bass voicenounB2The lowest singing voice.
  • bastard/ˈbɑːs.təd/nounB22 meaningsA rude word for a man you dislike — or, said warmly, for one you like.
  • bat/bæt/nounB14 meaningsA small flying animal with fur that comes out at night and hangs upside down to sleep.
  • batch/bæt͡ʃ/nounB23 meaningsA set of things made or produced together at the same time.
  • bath saltsnounB2Scented crystals dissolved in bathwater.
  • baton/ˈbætɒn/nounB22 meaningsA short stick passed between runners in a relay race.
  • battalion/bəˈtæl.i.ən/nounB2A unit of several hundred soldiers.
  • batter/ˈbætə/nounB12 meaningsA pourable mix of flour, eggs and milk used before cooking.
  • battleship/ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/nounB2A very large heavily armoured warship.
  • bawl/bɔːl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo cry loudly and without restraint.
  • bay/ˈbeɪ̯/nounB14 meaningsA wide curve of sea set into the coast.
  • bay windownounB2A window that projects outward from the wall.
  • bccverbB2To copy somebody in without the others seeing.
  • be my guestphraseB2Please go ahead and do it.
  • beacon/ˈbiːkən/nounB22 meaningsA light or mark set up as a signal.
  • bead/ˈbiːd/nounB1+2 meaningsA small ball threaded on a string.
  • beak/biːk/nounB2The hard pointed mouth of a bird.
  • beaker/ˈbiːkə(ɹ)/nounB2+2 meaningsA straight-sided glass cup with a lip for pouring, used in laboratories.
  • beam/ˈbiːm/nounB24 meaningsA long thick bar of wood or steel that carries the weight of a building.
  • bear in mind/ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/phraseB2To remember and take something into account.
  • bear withphraseB2To be patient with somebody for a moment.
  • bearable/ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/adjectiveB2Just about possible to put up with.
  • bearingsnounB22 meaningsYour sense of where you are and which way you face.
  • beast/biːst/nounB12 meaningsA large animal.
  • beddingnounB12 meaningsThe sheets, covers and pillows on a bed.
  • bedwettingnounB2Wetting the bed during sleep.
  • before your timephraseB2Happening earlier than you can remember.
  • befriend/bɪˈfɹɛnd/verbB2To become a friend to someone, especially one in need.
  • beg/ˈbɛɡ/verbB13 meaningsTo ask strangers in the street for money or food.
  • beginner's lucknounB2An unlikely early win by somebody who barely knows the game.
  • behalf/bɪˈhæf/nounB2The interest of another, in the phrase acting for them.
  • behave/bᵻˈheɪv/verbA23 meaningsTo act in a particular way.
  • behind/bɪˈhaɪnd/prepositionA16 meaningsAt or towards the back of someone or something.
  • behind barsphraseB2In prison.
  • behind schedulephraseB2Later than the plan allowed for.
  • behind-the-scenesadjectiveB2Happening out of the public's sight.
  • behold/bɪˈhəʊld/verbB2To look at something, in old or formal use.
  • belarusnounB2The flat landlocked country of Minsk, between Poland and Russia.
  • belch/ˈbɛltʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo let wind up noisily from the stomach.
  • believe it or notphraseB2Introducing something surprising but true.
  • believer/bɪˈlivɚ/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who accepts a faith or an idea.
  • belizenounB2Tiny English-speaking Central American country with a great reef.
  • bell/bɛl/nounA22 meaningsA metal object that rings when struck.
  • bellow/ˈbɛloʊ/verbB2+3 meaningsTo shout in a deep, loud voice.
  • belong/bɪˈlɒŋ/verbA24 meaningsTo be owned by somebody.
  • belonging/bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsThe feeling of being accepted as part of something.
  • beloved/bɪˈlʌvd/adjectiveB2Dearly loved.
  • belt/ˈbɛlt/nounA22 meaningsA strip of leather or cloth worn round the waist.
  • bench/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/nounA22 meaningsA long seat for more than one person.
  • benchmark/ˈbɛnt͡ʃmɑːk/nounB2+3 meaningsA standard that other results are measured against.
  • bend/bɛnd/verbB15 meaningsTo make something straight or flat become curved.
  • benefit paymentnounB2Money from the state paid into an account.
  • benefits/ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪts/nounB22 meaningsRegular payments made by the state to those entitled.
  • benefits packagenounB2Everything you get besides the money.